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Protecting Washington's Health & Economy in an Era of Globalization
Monday 9 June 2003
12:00 - 2:00 PM
The Westin Seattle, Grand Ballroom
1900 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Registration $30 at the door
Co-Sponsored by Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County,National Center for APEC, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) , University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
Speakers
The program features a distinguished list of speakers, including:
William H. Foege, MD, MPH
Senior Health Advisor, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Robert A. Kapp
President, US-China Business Council
Ann Marie Kimball, MD, MPH, FACPM
Professor, Epidemiology and Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, and Director, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Emerging Infections Network
William H. Foege, MD, MPH is the Chair of the Global Health Council Board of Directors. Dr. Foege is a fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of International Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. He is an epidemiologist who worked in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s and served as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Foege has also served as the executive director of The Carter Center. He received his BA from Pacific Lutheran University, his MD from the University of Washington Medical School and his MPH from Harvard University.
Robert A. Kapp, PhD is president of The US-China Business Council, the principal organization of American companies engaged in trade and investment with China. Dr. Kapp contributes regularly to informed U.S. dialogue on China, through Congressional testimony, published articles, media appearances, and presentations to educational and community organizations nationwide. He is the former president of the Washington Council on International Trade (1987-94), and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy.
Ann Marie Kimball, MD, MPH, FACPM is Professor of Epidemiology and Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine. She is an adjunct professor in Medicine with the School of Medicine. She serves as Director of the APEC Emerging Infections Network and as an attending physician at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She is a New Century Scholar with the Fulbright Commission. Her research interests are in Emerging Infections and global epidemic, prevention, surveillance, investigation and control of infectious diseases. Specifically she has worked extensively in the areas of Trade policy and disease control, and telecommunications and disease surveillance and alert systems.
The purpose of this forum is to:
- Gain an understanding of the impact of infectious diseases on the health and economy of Washington State.
- Learn how globalized trade, travel and tourism are contributing to the spread of infectious diseases, including SARS.
- Learn how the recent SARS outbreak has impacted the economy of China and its potential long-term impact on the U.S. economy.
Co-Sponsors
Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County
http://www.edc-sea.org/
National Center for APEC
http://www.ncapec.org/
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
http://www.path.org/
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
http://sphcm.washington.edu/
Questions
Please contact the Global Health Council at 202-833-5900.
Media
Download the Media Advisory
[Word, (78K) | PDF, (14K)]
A Local-Global Health Forum supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation
category: Global Health Council News : Advocacy Events
contributed by Andrea Welch on 3 June 2003
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